The Gulf of Mexico oil leak raises deep questions over the environmental cost of our "addiction" to oil.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/8689201.stm - Tue, 18 May 2010 11:55 GMT
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is to testify in the Senate on the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8687291.stm - Mon, 17 May 2010 14:48 GMT
Four of Scotland's fire services are to take part in a joint exercise at the Grangemouth oil refinery.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8686896.stm - Mon, 17 May 2010 11:16 GMT
Nigeria oil militant leader says President Goodluck Jonathan is the best person to solve the crisis in the Niger Delta.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/8686224.stm - Mon, 17 May 2010 08:54 GMT
The US says the success of a move by BP to curb a leak in the Gulf of Mexico is "not clear" and the technique is "no solution".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8685969.stm - Mon, 17 May 2010 02:15 GMT
The oil company BP says it has started to siphon oil from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico to a tanker on the surface.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8685849.stm - Sun, 16 May 2010 20:45 GMT
There has been a fresh setback for BP in its attempts to contain the leaking Gulf Coast oil well, a company official says.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8684912.stm - Sat, 15 May 2010 19:42 GMT
Barack Obama vows to end the "cosy relationship" between oil companies and US regulators after the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8683714.stm - Fri, 14 May 2010 18:56 GMT
BP uses undersea robots in an effort to thread a tube into a leaking oil pipe under the Gulf of Mexico to stop the flow.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8683063.stm - Fri, 14 May 2010 14:41 GMT
President Obama is pushing for a law that could force the oil company to pay the full cost of the clean-up operation.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8681692.stm - Thu, 13 May 2010 20:07 GMT